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FPGA / Firmware Engineer
Defence & Aerospace | UK
Permanent & Contract Opportunities
Security Cleared / Clearable
We are supporting a major defence and aerospace engineering programme and are looking to speak with experienced FPGA / Firmware Engineers working across complex, safety-critical and high-integrity systems.
These opportunities sit within advanced engineering teams developing electronic systems and products used across defence and aerospace environments.
The Role
You will be involved across the FPGA development lifecycle, working from requirements and architecture through design, implementation, verification and integration.
Depending on your experience, responsibilities could include:
- FPGA architecture and detailed design
- RTL development using VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog
- FPGA implementation, synthesis and timing closure
- Development and maintenance of firmware
- FPGA simulation and verification
- Testbench development
- Hardware/software integration
- Debugging FPGA designs at board and system level
- Requirements capture and design documentation
- Supporting design reviews and technical assurance
- Working alongside hardware, software, systems and test engineering teams
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Technical Experience
We are particularly interested in engineers with experience across some of the following:
- FPGA design and development
- VHDL
- Verilog / SystemVerilog
- Xilinx / AMD FPGA technologies
- Vivado
- TCL scripting
- RTL design and verification
- FPGA simulation
- Timing analysis and timing closure
- High-speed digital interfaces
- PCIe
- Ethernet
- JESD
- DDR / memory interfaces
- Embedded systems
- Digital signal processing
- MATLAB / Simulink
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
- FPGA integration and debugging
Experience with verification methodologies such as UVM would also be valuable.
Defence & Aerospace Experience
Previous experience within one or more of the following environments would be particularly relevant:
- Defence electronics
- Aerospace
- Avionics
- Radar
- Electronic Warfare
- Communications
- Sensors
- Mission systems
- Safety-critical embedded systems
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Knowledge of engineering standards such as DO-254, or experience developing high-integrity electronic systems within a regulated engineering environment, would be advantageous.
Security Clearance
Due to the nature of the programmes, candidates will need to meet the relevant UK security clearance and nationality requirements.
Existing SC or DV clearance would be particularly useful, although opportunities may also exist for candidates who are eligible to obtain clearance.
Why Consider It?
This is an opportunity to work on technically complex defence and aerospace programmes where FPGA and firmware engineering sits at the heart of the product.
We are interested in speaking with engineers across different levels, from experienced FPGA Engineers through to Senior, Principal and Technical Lead profiles.
If your background is in FPGA, Firmware, VHDL, Verilog/SystemVerilog or high-integrity digital electronics, please get in touch.
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